The FBI wants Apple to help it break into the phone used by the terrorists in the San Bernardino shooting. Apple said no. So the FBI got a court to force it to comply. Apple says it will appeal, citing a host of privacy issues it says are too big to ignore.

That there will be a huge fight over the next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court is beyond question. But it is somewhat stunning to see Mr. Obama's partisans assert not only that he has the "right" to nominate someone to fill the seat left vacant by Justice Scalia's untimely death, but also that the Senate must obediently confirm that nominee.

What can we say about Justice Antonin Scalia? He was a giant on the U.S. Supreme Court...intellectually rigorous, firmly principled. He served with many Justices during his time on the Court, but few could match his wit, or his dedication to the Republic's founding ideals.